Lennie McQueen's Blog (130)

It hit some heights, it had phases of obscurity,produced four goals and many talking points. But it just didn't make any sense. Then again when has football made much sense. At least it may not need any censoring this time !

Helsby seemed to start the game as the stronger outfit. The awful wind and rain may have affected Maghull in the early…

What a grotty day, but a cracking game of football took place in the deluge.

Newton arrived having led the table for most of the season and of course they gave Maghull a whirlwind first half blast at their place earlier in the season. But with both sides in top form, this did have the potential to impress the large crowd not put off by the awful weather. And it lived up to it's…

I have a bit of a battle on my hands here. I am not one for praising individuals, but from that you may grasp there were a few on show who put in a bit of a performance. I will leave it there, but if you ask if one was you and I say no, don't be too disappointed. The team as a whole played very well.

Two aspects of the day took away the gloss. There really should have been a larger number in…

In a nutshell, a weird game. Madness prevailed, but in the midst of it all a couple cracking goals and for the second week running, two teams who seemed intent on playing hard but fair.

Maghull should have had this game wrapped up within twenty minutes, found themselves staring a heavy defeat in the face and then should then have walked off with a share of the spoils. But more of that later.

You would think, looking at the scoreline, that we had a classic on our hands. Not quite, but what we did have was a full blooded cup tie, with lots of passion and intent that faded from time to time, but kept springing into life and keeping everyones interest (in what was a very good crowd on non league day) pretty much from the start actually.

As cup ties go, this one will not go down in the annals of classic ties. It may sneak in under the category of glad that one is over. Sometimes I am a little more critical of games than others, but the general consensus around me was let's hope this doesn't go to extra time.

Considering the scoreline, there really isn't too much to say about this game. One sided, should have been over by the break, but eventually the second half painted the real picture. But was it a gloss ?

I don't like putting sides down, apart from some scathing comments on Maghull of course, but Upton did not put up the best of fights in this encounter. But you can only beat the side in front…

Saturday brought about improvement, while also showing signs of making the same mistakes and needing a kick up the backside to get going.

The first half was the plus point. No defensive calamities, a clean sheet and chances created that should have brought about Maghull taking the lead for the first time this season. Namely a clearance off the line and a lob that never quite got off the…

These types of games are very difficult to pass comment on, as they are frustrating and annoying to watch.

Two sides, who I am sure have much more to offer, served up a dish served cold with no revenge involved. Three goals came from howlers, the other had a few of us puzzled. Throw in a mess up by the officials for good measure and the night was easily forgotten. So what can…

At last, points in the bag ! But it took one hell of a change and a smattering of fear.

Ok let's get it out of the way quickly. The manager has put on his Brian Clough head again and is (probably rightly) chuffed and proud of the shake up of the side in the second half and the impression his substitutions left on the game. One of them being a bit of a curve ball, as they say in…

The curse of the M56 struck once again as a bunch of rubberneckers decide to cause a 5 mile tail back to stare at a accident on the other side. Please, if you want to look at road accidents, sit at home and watch you tube and let the rest of us drive. So my arrival on Saturday was 10 minutes late and bad news greeted me.

The opinion given to me was that a sloppy goal had been conceded after three…

Hello everyone ! Nice to see you all again and for those of you missing, where were you ? Hope you all enjoyed the summer, what a lovely day it was. Anyway, we have football to talk about again, so let's go.

A pleasant evening greeted the sides, which made a nice change of late, for this evening kick off. And it was nice to see a game with some passion. Messrs Rodgers and Hughes take…

I had to wait for a few of days, deciding how to approach this last waffle of the season.

No drunken stupor after last seasons league campaign. No annoyance and watching my p's and q's after the shambles of last seasons cup final. No, this was altogether different and hard to put into words. After a fairly decent start, the guts were ripped out of the side and to finish 8th was a job well…

What a very nice surprise Saturday was. After some lacklustre performances of late, this was as good a performance as we have seen from Maghull for some time. Just a shame that the scoreline did not reflect it.

The game is all about opinions and no doubt the odd one will disagree with me, but I think I have shown to be honest and fair (a bit brutal at times too) and on this occasion…

What was a place that seemed to strike fear into the opposition, Old Hall Field has become a playground for visitors. The lads are under the gun here and it seems like a rut they are struggling to get out of.

Mossley Hill have a habit of taking points off us in recent seasons, but Saturday really should have brought about a turn in…

Was this a game too many for the season ? Ok, it hasn't been the best, but I certainly hope not, as there are four games left and as things stand a final placing in the bottom half of the table is a possibility. And we don't want that do we !

Saturday looked like many had the end of the season in view, all well and good if going out with a flourish is the way it is to be. Instead, it was…